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☆ Opinion | Thomas Friedman on Why the War in Gaza ‘Has to Stop’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’ve never seen it so broken,” Thomas L. Friedman, a New York Times Opinion columnist who has been covering the Middle East for decades, tells me. It’s been just over 100 days since Hamas’s attack on Israel, and the costs of the war are staggering. In polling from late fall, 64 percent of Gazans reported that a family member had been killed or injured. Israel believes that more than 100 hostages are being held captive in Gaza, and polling reveals that Hamas has gained popularity among Palestinians while support for Israel has plummeted around the world. When this war ends, will Israel really be safer?

Persons: I’ve, ” Thomas L, Friedman, It’s, Gazans, “, Ezra Klein Organizations: New York, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Hamas Locations: East, Israel, Gaza

☆ SAP CEO: 2024 will be year AI moves from discovery to execution
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSAP CEO: 2024 will be year AI moves from discovery to executionChristian Klein, CEO of SAP, discusses the key challenges to properly embedding AI into businesses, including establishing trustworthiness and reskilling labor forces.

Persons: Christian Klein Organizations: SAP

☆ Why Calvin Klein ads still get people talking
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Joan Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The strategy was classic Calvin Klein, a brand which has been synonymous with sexy, conversation-starting campaigns since the 1970s. From Calvin KleinBut the White ads were just the start of the headlines for Calvin Klein. Adorning a New York City phonebooth, Mark Wahlberg is seen in a 1992 Calvin Klein campaign. Meanwhile, no one besides the ASA seems to be admonishing Calvin Klein over the FKA Twigs ads. For Calvin Klein, both sets of ads are an example of that old adage — there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

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☆ ChatGPT is particularly useful for people in these 3 industries, says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

But the popular chatbot is particularly useful for workers in three specific industries, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. It's massively deployed and at scaled usage, at this point," Altman said during a recent episode of "Unconfuse Me," a podcast hosted by Bill Gates. Altman, whose company makes ChatGPT, made a point of noting that today's AI systems "certainly can't do [those] jobs" for you. CodingChatGPT can help programmers finish their work as much as three times faster than usual, Altman said. Some educators have worried that tools like ChatGPT could make it easier for students to cheat on assignments.

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NEW YORK (AP) — The squabble over billion of dollars in overdraft fees that Americans get charged every year is intensifying. While banks have drastically cut back on overdraft fees in the past decade, the nation's biggest banks still take in roughly $8 billion in overdraft fees every year, according to data from the CFPB and bank public records. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesBanks charge a customer an overdraft fee if their bank account balance falls below zero. What started off as a courtesy offered to some customers, the popularity of debit cards beginning in the 1990s led to Americans wracking up tens of billions of dollars in overdraft fees. While big banks have cut back on overdraft fees, smaller banks have not, and a number of them heavily rely on overdrafts to be profitable, industry analysts said.

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☆ Kate Moss' Gen Z sister Lottie Moss just got real about the struggles of life as a 20-something model
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewKate Moss' sister, Lottie Moss, posted a tearful video on TikTok on Monday, saying she's struggled with her mental health for years and doesn't like the person she is. Lottie has previously spoken out about her drug and alcohol use and her negative experiences in the modeling industry . AdvertisementShe also addressed some of her privileges as a model and younger sister to Kate Moss, saying, "You can be grateful and still struggle." She previously said the two weren't particularly close, although in her TikTok video she said her sister had "got me a lot of things."

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☆ Kate Moss at 50: A supermodel through the decades
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —British supermodel Kate Moss turns 50 today — and she remains as much a cultural icon as when she emerged as a breakout star more than three decades ago. Johnny Green/PA/Getty Images Kate Moss and her then-boyfriend, the actor Johnny Depp, attend the Golden Globe Awards in 1995. Dave M. Benett/Getty Images Kate Moss and Jamie Hince pose with bridesmaids after getting married on July 1, 2011 in Southrop, England. Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Moss arrives for a screening of the movie "Loving" at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Scroll through the gallery above to see some of the most memorable moment’s from Kate Moss’ life and career.

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☆ Opinion | A Republican Pollster on Trump’s Undimmed Appeal
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the past, Democrats and Republicans at least understood why members of the other party liked their chosen candidates. But for a lot of Democrats, it feels impossible to imagine why anyone would cast a vote for Trump. Kristen Soltis Anderson is a veteran Republican pollster, a founding partner of the opinion research firm Echelon Insights and a CNN contributor. She spends her days trying to understand the thinking of Republican voters, including hosting focus groups for New York Times Opinion. You can listen to our whole conversation by following “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Google or wherever you get your podcasts.

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☆ Opinion: The problem with the UK’s ban of FKA twigs’ Calvin Klein ad
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Opinion Jill Filipovic | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In the ad, FKA twigs looks directly at the camera. What’s clear, though, is that the Jeremy Allen White ads expose much more of his body than the FKA twigs ad exposes of hers. And the FKA twigs ad isn’t the only one in which a woman appears partly nude to advertise her Calvins. And in another, she’s wearing just socks and underwear with no top — again covering her breasts with her arms, but, like FKA twigs, also exposing the side of her leg, torso, arm and breast; unlike FKA twigs, she’s sitting rounded over, in a less stereotypically powerful, and more passive-appearing, position. The Calvin Klein company said its ad was from a partnership with FKA twigs, a confident and empowered woman.

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For Davis, who will also serve as a Trump caucus captain on the night of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, the connection is deeply personal. Ron DeSantis, Trump’s campaign is hoping for the kind of blowout that will blunt his rivals' momentum as he tries to lock up the nomination and pivot to the general election. To attract new participants, the Trump campaign produced an animated “Schoolhouse Rock!”-style video and sent mailers that tell voters their caucus sites. Trump’s campaign cites other advantages. It's a difference that matters, said Dan Heffernen, 64, a Trump caucus captain who owns a small construction business in Altoona.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Logan Eschrich came to Buffalo to witness the snowstorm, and he stayed for the shoveling on Sunday. Once the professional storm chaser saw the Buffalo Bills invite fans to help dig out a snow-filled Highmark Stadium for their delayed playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, now scheduled for Monday, Eschrich couldn’t resist. Stadium crews were unable to keep up with the falling snow, using blowers to uncover the yard lines. Today, it’s a cherished memory for Wood, in part because the win helped the Bills snap a 17-season playoff drought. One thing is certain for Tasker who, like Wood, is part of the Bills' radio broadcast team.

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☆ Sensual Calvin Klein Ad Banned by Regulators in the U.K.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Katie Deighton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jeremy Allen White ’s naked torso is hard to miss in the U.S. right now courtesy of Calvin Klein’s latest ad campaign, which features the star of the chef drama “The Bear” in his underwear and not much else. But the brand’s proclivity for bare-all advertising has landed it in hot water across the pond. The U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority on Wednesday said it had upheld two complaints that a 2023 ad featuring FKA Twigs had irresponsibly objectified the singer. The regulator also deemed that the ad was overtly sexual and not suitable to be displayed as a poster that could be seen by children and anyone it might offend.

Persons: Jeremy Allen White, Calvin Klein’s Organizations: Authority Locations: U.S

His legal team said Bouvier pocketed the sum by buying famous artworks from Sotheby's before selling them to Rybolovlev at marked up prices. In all, Rybolovlev spent about $2 billion on art from 2002 to 2014 as he built a world-class art collection. In his testimony, Rybolovlev blamed murky practices in the blue-chip art world for leaving him damaged financially. When asked by his lawyer why he sued Sotheby's, Rybolovlev said: “So it's not an issue of money. Rybolovlev claims he was purposefully deceived by Bouvier and a London-based executive at Sotheby's as he bought 38 art pieces.

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☆ France's new prime minister is 34 years old. Here are the youngest national leaders in the world, ranked by age.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Elana Klein | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kim Jong Un, who is believed to be 40, has held the position of supreme leader of North Korea since 2011. Kim Jong Un. API/Getty ImagesThe supreme leader of North Korea has been groomed for power for most of his life, and he took control of the hermit kingdom in 2011. A diehard basketball fan who was educated at a private school in Switzerland, Kim has had a life unlike any other world leader. His nuclear ambitions and bellicose rhetoric also mean he occupies a place on the world stage completely out of proportion with his nation's power.

Persons: Kim Jong Un, Kim Jong, Kim, Ellen Cranley Organizations: US Treasury Department Locations: North Korea, Switzerland

☆ How Long Denim Skirts Went From Anti-Fashion Statement to Runway Must-Have
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Nancy Macdonell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

IN 1942, Claire McCardell, America’s most American designer, created her best-known dress, the denim Pop-over, so named because you could pop it on over other clothes to protect them during housework. Department-store buyers were so enamored of the Pop-over that they persuaded McCardell’s employer, Adolph Klein, to commit to a huge 75,000-yard denim order, assuring him the garment would be a sell-out hit. At the time, denim was a workingman’s textile that women rarely wore. He implored McCardell to come up with some other denim designs—just in case the order was overkill. (Klein needn’t have worried about the Pop-over: Priced at $6.95, it shattered sales expectations.)

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☆ Leaders must be held accountable on climate pledges, SAP CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailLeaders must be held accountable on climate pledges, SAP CEO saysSAP CEO Christian Klein on the need for data to back up climate pledges.

Persons: Christian Klein

☆ Opinion: Taylor Swift has it. Elon Musk and George Santos don’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Exit George SantosVideo Ad Feedback SE Cupp: Trump didn't pave the way for George Santos. In the week that Americans said goodbye to Rosalynn Carter, Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O’Connor, it was jarring that Santos occupied our minds. But as SE Cupp argued, in a more rational world, Santos would have resigned from Congress long ago. • Join us on Twitter and Facebook“Many Republicans just don’t care,” wrote Zelizer. Ron Edmonds/APAs a 12-year-old girl in 1981, Traci Lovitt was riveted by the appointment of Sandra Day O’Connor as the first woman on the Supreme Court.

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☆ The Books That Explain 2023 - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“Chip War” is a reminder of the physical artifacts that underlie what we so wrongly describe as the cloud. The title of Miller’s book is, for now, rhetorical, but I found myself wondering how long that would remain the case. There are more histories of this era of American politics than any bookshelf can hold. The apogee of America’s welfare state, with all its limitations, was coterminous with the height of the Cold War. But I believe a new one has already begun, and it is being shaped more by China than by any American politician, including Trump or Biden.

Persons: Chris Miller’s, ” Miller, Miller, Biden, Trump, Gary Gerstle’s, ”, Gerstle Organizations: Deal, Biden, Soviet Union, Trump Locations: United States, China, Taiwan, Outmaneuvering China, Soviet

☆ Cramer's optimistic on retail stocks' performance and consumer spending during the holiday season
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Julie Coleman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday said retail stocks have performed well during the holiday season so far, and the strength of consumer spending in November may have taken retailers and many on Wall Street by surprise. PVH also reported a disappointing quarter that hurt its stock, Cramer said. Ulta Beauty also indicated the holiday season was off to a good start when it reported earnings Thursday night, projecting little hesitation about its performance during Christmas, Cramer said. I think it's not too early to reach a conclusion: we may, once again, be seeing growth without inflation," Cramer said. "That means a business as usual holiday quarter, which, frankly, feels incredibly unusual and very positive."

Persons: CNBC's Jim Cramer, Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, PVH, Cramer, Friday's Locations: North America, Europe

☆ Opinion | A Lot Has Happened in A.I. Let’s Catch Up.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A lot has happened since. OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT, recently dominated headlines again after the nonprofit board of directors fired C.E.O. But that drama isn’t actually the most important thing going on in the A.I. They’ve been closely tracking developments in the field since well before ChatGPT launched. I invited them on the show to catch up on the state of A.I.

Persons: ChatGPT, C.E.O, Sam Altman, isn’t, hasn’t, “, Ezra Klein, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, Newton, They’ve Organizations: Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google, Tech, The Times Locations: A.I

☆ Opinion: ‘The Golden Bachelor’ women gave me what I needed
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Opinion Amy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Yet I was one of the millions tuning into “The Golden Bachelor” premiere because I wanted to know how they would handle aging. As an older mom, I am fascinated by the media’s portrayal of older women. Consider this: the women of “The Golden Girls” — Blanche, Dorothy and Rose — were in their 50s in 1985, when the show about old women began. “Is anyone watching ‘The Golden Bachelor’ and thinking, ‘maybe I shouldn’t be so scared to get older…. “I feel like as someone in her 20s it’s scary, like how am I going to look when I’m older?

Persons: Amy Klein, “, Amy Klein Mira Zaki, Gerry Turner —, —, it’s, Mary McNamara, Michelle Cottle, They’re, they’re, Xer, I’m, ” Cottle, John Fleenor, Vladimir ”, she’s, frailty, Alice, — Blanche, Dorothy, Rose —, Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, Manolo Blahnik, ” Charlotte, Galit Nimrod, ”, ” It’s, Gerry, ’, Eva Gutowski, ” Ellen Goltzer, Marina Perera Organizations: CNN, Nation, Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Walt Disney Company, Max, verve Locations: Worth

Struggling to energize his campaign, DeSantis this week privately encouraged his donor network to support a newly formed super PAC that's taking over advertising responsibilities. The super PAC has also paid for the bulk of his TV ads and almost all of his organizing. On Aug. 8, the DeSantis campaign announced a staff shakeup, replacing its campaign manager and hiring Polyansky from the super PAC to serve as deputy campaign manager. Polyansky is an Iowa campaign veteran who has worked on several presidential campaigns in the state. DeSantis spokesman Andrew Romeo said it was “totally false” to assert that DeSantis coordinated any campaign strategy with the super PAC.

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☆ AI is much more than just hype, SAP CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAI is much more than just hype, SAP CEO saysChristian Klein, CEO of German software giant SAP, discusses the role of artificial intelligence in businesses.

Persons: Christian Klein Organizations: SAP

NEW YORK (AP) — In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is “authentic.”Authentic cuisine. “We see in 2023 a kind of crisis of authenticity,” he said ahead of Monday's announcement of this year's word. Merriam-Webster added the word to its online dictionary in September and it's been among the top lookups since, Sokolowski said. DOPPELGANGER: Sokolowski calls this “a word lover's word.” Merriam-Webster defines it as a “double,” an “alter ego” or a “ghostly counterpart.” It derives from German folklore. Interest in the word surrounded Naomi Klein's latest book, “Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World,” released this year.

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☆ Dolly Parton used to party at Studio 54 and stuck with Andy Warhol because they didn't drink or take drugs 'too much'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dolly Parton became close with Andy Warhol while frequenting Studio 54 in the 1970s. Studio 54, which is now a Broadway theater, was the place to be seen as disco took over New York City. Dolly Parton at her Studio 54 party in 1978. AdvertisementParton wore a sparkly black chiffon dress to her Studio 54 party in 1978. They did a whole country scene with cows and a beautiful white horse too," Parton wrote.

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